英语词汇“honey catches more flies than vinegar”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. Proverb. honey catches (also gets, attracts, etc.) more flies than vinegar and variants: it is more effective to be polite and ingratiating than to be hostile or demanding. [Originally after Italian Il mele catta più mosche, che non fà l'aceto (compare quot. 1666); compare also Middle French souvenez‐vous que l'on prends plus de mouches avec une cuillerée de miel qu'avec cent barils de vinaigre ‘remember that one catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar’ (1624).]

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1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 149/2 in Piazza Universale Honey gets more flyes to it, than doth viniger [It. Il mele catta più mosche, che non fà l'aceto].

1688 tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Coll. Brave Actions & Memorable Sayings King Henry the Great 51 A Man catches more Flies with one spoonful of Honey, than twenty Tun of Vineger.

1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 148 More Flies are taken with a Drop of Honey than a Tun of Vinegar.

1766 Hist. Little Goody Two-Shoes (ed. 3) i. v. 40 Honey catches more Flies than Vinegar.

1815 H. C. Knight Broken Harp 96 Honey, from reason we infer, Fattens more flies than vinegar.

1898 Gleanings Bee Culture 15 Nov. 832/2 Mr. Taylor should remember that one can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

1907 Ohio Law Reporter 30 Sept. 429/1 The writer is evidently a believer in the old adage that ‘honey catches more flies than vinegar’.

1979 M. Sharp Sunflower xviii. 164 Honey might attract more flies than vinegar, but nothing beat blackmail at securing the absolute allegiance.

2009 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 1 May a10 Obama seems to have added honey to his arsenal in dealing with foreign leaders, and the old adage says that honey catches more flies than vinegar.

单词	honey catches more flies than vinegar
释义	> as lemmas honey catches (also gets, attracts, etc.) more flies than vinegar P2. Proverb. honey catches (also gets, attracts, etc.) more flies than vinegar and variants: it is more effective to be polite and ingratiating than to be hostile or demanding. [Originally after Italian Il mele catta più mosche, che non fà l'aceto (compare quot. 1666); compare also Middle French souvenez‐vous que l'on prends plus de mouches avec une cuillerée de miel qu'avec cent barils de vinaigre ‘remember that one catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar’ (1624).] ΚΠ 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 149/2 in Piazza Universale Honey gets more flyes to it, than doth viniger [It. Il mele catta più mosche, che non fà l'aceto]. 1688 tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Coll. Brave Actions & Memorable Sayings King Henry the Great 51 A Man catches more Flies with one spoonful of Honey, than twenty Tun of Vineger. 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia 148 More Flies are taken with a Drop of Honey than a Tun of Vinegar. 1766 Hist. Little Goody Two-Shoes (ed. 3) i. v. 40 Honey catches more Flies than Vinegar. 1815 H. C. Knight Broken Harp 96 Honey, from reason we infer, Fattens more flies than vinegar. 1898 Gleanings Bee Culture 15 Nov. 832/2 Mr. Taylor should remember that one can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. 1907 Ohio Law Reporter 30 Sept. 429/1 The writer is evidently a believer in the old adage that ‘honey catches more flies than vinegar’. 1979 M. Sharp Sunflower xviii. 164 Honey might attract more flies than vinegar, but nothing beat blackmail at securing the absolute allegiance. 2009 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 1 May a10 Obama seems to have added honey to his arsenal in dealing with foreign leaders, and the old adage says that honey catches more flies than vinegar. extracted from honeyn.adj. < as lemmas
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